Central to journeying along your roadmap at ACU is pursuing opportunities to grow and be formed spiritually. While Spiritual Formation events (Chapel) are essential aspects of the spiritual life at ACU, we approach spiritual formation holistically. This means that opportunities such as courses, mentoring, student organizations, cross-cultural experiences, internships, volunteering, and participating in the life of a local church are all opportunities for your to formed into the image of Jesus and to participate in the mission of God throughout the world.

To help guide your spiritual formation, we have identified four key themes of spiritual formation at ACU (see below for descriptions of the themes). While each theme is present in activities throughout your time at ACU, we put special emphasis on one theme for each year of the student experience. Your roadmap reflects this intentional and integrated plan for spiritual formation.

Year 1 - Pursue Community

Connecting students to cruciform relationships with peers and adults on campus and in Abilene through compelling opportunities to invest in a variety of Christian organizations, both discovering and experiencing the distinctive nature of Christian community.

Year 2 - Pursue Hospitality

Engaging students in encounters with diverse peoples, ideas, and cultures through both local and global opportunities to extend and receive hospitality and to serve others in Christ’s name.

Year 3 - Pursue Calling

Advancing students’ understanding of vocation in a manner that integrates each student’s particular identity, career goals, and vision for life with the broad calling for Christians to participate in the ongoing mission of God revealed in the pattern of Christ’s life and death.

Year 4 - Pursue Wisdom

Launching students into cruciform and purposeful living beyond the university by equipping them with tools for and experiences seeking Christian wisdom as they prepare to transition into a new season of life and career.